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Not Just Red Ones - Jewellery Home to Somervail Silver, and working from Otterstone, a small private studio in Kaiapoi, NZ, where river and ocean are both close by.

Things that smell good are made here too. Find links to featured products here: https://linktr.ee/somervailsilver

Despite not being completely finished, either inside or out, my little studio has been operational for a little while no...
19/10/2026

Despite not being completely finished, either inside or out, my little studio has been operational for a little while now. I have therefore decided to officially open later this month. Invitations to my studio's grand opening will be going out soon, so if you want to be included, please subscribe to my mailing list. The signup form can be found at the bottom of almost any page on my website.

In the meantime, if you wish to visit, you can do so any Tuesday between 10am and 1pm.

Will I see you at Otterstone's grand opening?

Another sneak peek. Four more pendants were added today. They're only rough set so far, so there's still a lot of work...
07/10/2026

Another sneak peek. Four more pendants were added today. They're only rough set so far, so there's still a lot of work to do on them. Seven more to go. Have you chosen yours yet?

These will be released for sale as a collection once they're all finished, and mailing list subscribers will see them first. If you'd like to be one of them and haven't signed up yet, you can do so at the bottom of any page on my website: https://somervailsilver.co.nz/

Today I'm working on my beach pebble and sea glass pendants, making the fine (.999) silver bands that will go around the...
06/10/2026

Today I'm working on my beach pebble and sea glass pendants, making the fine (.999) silver bands that will go around them. Only six more to go.

Do you have a favourite yet?

Meet Otterstone Studio's official greeter.His duties include sitting on the doorstep, supervising the herb garden, inspe...
04/10/2026

Meet Otterstone Studio's official greeter.

His duties include sitting on the doorstep, supervising the herb garden, inspecting anything I leave on my bench, and reminding me when it's dinner time. His dinner time that is.

Office hours: whenever the sun's on the step, and I'm nearby.

A little while back I introduced you to my new garden soap, born of entirely too much mucking around in the kitchen whil...
03/10/2026

A little while back I introduced you to my new garden soap, born of entirely too much mucking around in the kitchen while my new studio was being built. It features pumice for scrubbing, and activated charcoal for helping to erase smells from hands (like onion), and it's scented with essential oils which patchouli lovers have commented on most favourably.

But not everyone loves patchouli, and some aren't so keen on the charcoal, so I've made another version, Amber, with no charcoal and a different essential oil blend. You are welcome.

Anyway, they're on my website and ready to go, just in time for spring gardening (which I myself will be getting into very soon). And because it's also not very many weeks until Christmas, I'm going to throw the words naughty, nice and stocking filler around. They even come in little boxes. I've gone all out.

So how about it? Questions are welcome, and I've popped a link in the comments.

I was recently asked if I still make jewellery, and the answer is yes. I took a break while my studio was being built, b...
02/10/2026

I was recently asked if I still make jewellery, and the answer is yes. I took a break while my studio was being built, because I figured it probably wasn't safe to use a torch in a house with a curious ginger feline jumping all over everything.

Anyway, yes I do, and with that in mind I'd like to share a little project that's currently in progress: a collection of Otterstone pendants made from sea glass and beach pebbles.

This is just a sneak peek, so they aren't available yet, but they'll be released as a collection when they're ready. Mailing list subscribers will see them first.

If you're interested, I'll share more as I go. Yes?

A year or so ago I was asked if I could make a gardening or garage soap for hard-working hands. It took me a little whil...
22/09/2026

A year or so ago I was asked if I could make a gardening or garage soap for hard-working hands. It took me a little while to work it out, but I am now very happy to be able to offer Otterstone Garden Soap.

Made with pumice and activated charcoal, it is intended for hands that have been gardening, making, fixing, painting, pottering, or otherwise getting properly grubby.

My Garden Soap has been gently scented with a blend of essential oils that speak of earth and wood: cedarwood, patchouli, vetiver, vanilla, bergamot, cardamom, pink grapefruit and black pepper.

And yes, it really is that black.

The soap has been made, the labels will be back from the printer any day now, and Otterstone Garden Soap is now available on the website. (Link is in the comments.)

Place your order before the end of the week, and I'll include a guest-sized Christmas soap - either Christmas Lily or Pōhutukawa.

In other news, I also have a new range of Otterstone Jewellery in production & I can't wait to share it with you.

I don't repair a lot of rings and, even when I'm asked, I'll more often than not say no. There are simply too many unkno...
04/09/2026

I don't repair a lot of rings and, even when I'm asked, I'll more often than not say no. There are simply too many unknowns when working on an existing piece I didn't make myself.

But when a long-time customer asked if there was anything I could do for her beloved old paua shell ring, I thought it might be fun to give it a try.

I'd never tried cutting and shaping shell before, but I figured it would either work or it wouldn't, so there was nothing to lose by trying.

Verdict: not overly difficult, but very slow going to get the shape right.

And for the curious: yes, water and a mask were involved in the making. One does not ever want to get shell dust in their lungs.

Birthdays with a zero are seldom welcomed with open arms, but it definitely helps when the accompanying birthday present...
22/08/2026

Birthdays with a zero are seldom welcomed with open arms, but it definitely helps when the accompanying birthday present is a week away in Rarotonga just to relax and regroup.

I'm heading back to my studio today with a head full of inspiration. Let's see how far it takes me.

(Crescent moon and Venus over the reef and lagoon, Rarotonga, dusk)

Look what I found growing in the garden outside Otterstone Studio.
29/07/2026

Look what I found growing in the garden outside Otterstone Studio.

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